Love everything!

I used this little piece of inspiration on Earth Day a couple of weeks ago. It comes from Fyodr Dostoevsky’s novel Brothers Karamazov. I’ve included both the English and the Russian. If you read Russian, it is much more lyrical than the English translation. In any case, I hope these words lift your spirits today!

Love all God’s creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.